A War that Can’t Be Won: Binational Perspectives on the War on Drugs

Contents

Contents Preface and Acknowledgments vii Abbreviations xiii Introduction: The Many Labyrinths of Illegal Drug Policy: Framing the Issues 3 tony payan Part I. Framing the Issues 1. Cartels, Corruption, Carnage, and Cooperation 33 william c. martin 2. President Felipe Calderón’s Strategy to Combat Organized Crime 65 marcos pablo moloeznik Part II. Current Strategies and Casualties 3. Drug Wars, Social Networks, and the Right to Information: Informal Media as Freedom of the Press in Northern Mexico 95 guadalupe correa-cabrera and josé nava 4. Political Protection and the Origins of the Gulf Cartel 119 carlos antonio flores pérez 5. Organized Crime as the Highest Threat to Mexican National Security and Democracy 149 raúl benítez manaut vi · Contents 6. A Federalist George W. Bush and an Anti-Federalist Barack Obama?: The Irony and Paradoxes behind Republican and Democratic Administration Drug Policies 174 josé d. villalobos 7. Caught in the Middle: Undocumented Migrants’ Experiences with Drug Violence 193 jeremy slack and scott whiteford Part III. Ending the War: Alternative Strategies 8. Challenging Foreign Policy from the Border: The Forty-Year War on Drugs 217 kathleen staudt and beto o’rourke 9. The Role of Citizens and Civil Society in Mexico’s Security Crisis 239 daniel m. sabet 10. Regulating Drugs as a Crime: A Challenge for the Social Sciences 258 israel alvarado martínez and germán guillén lópez 11. The U.S. Causes but Cannot (or Will Not) Solve Mexico’s Drug Problems 285 jonathan p. caulkins and eric l. sevigny Conclusion: A War That Can’t Be Won? 311 tony payan and kathleen staudt Contributors 331 Index 337 ...